person

Stefania Rocca

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-04-24

Place of Birth

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Stefania Rocca

Biography

Stefania Rocca was born on April 24, 1971 in Turin. She is best known for her roles in the films Nirvana (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Dracula (2002). Rocca also was the lead in Dario Argento's The Card Player. Among her most recent appearances, she was in Alessandro D'Alatri's comedy film Commediasexi where she played the main character, Pia Roncaldi. She starred as Hannah in the 1997 film Solomon. Rocca was born on 24 April 1971 in Turin, the daughter of a Fiat chief of security and a stylist. Beginning in her adolescence Rocca studied piano, singing, and dancing at the Teatro Stabile di Torino. In the late 1980s she moved to Milan where she started working as a model; in Milan, she enrolled in a series of acting courses. In 1993, thanks to a scholarship, she joined the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. She also studied at the Actors Studio in New York City. Rocca is married to her long-time partner Carlo Capasa, whom she wed in a highly secretive ceremony in 2013. The couple has been together since 2005, and has two sons. Rocca made her acting debut with a secondary role in Giulio Base's Policemen but her breakout role was the blue-haired Naima in the Gabriele Salvatores' cyberpunk film Nirvana (1997). After enrolling a course at the Actors Studio in New York, in 1998, Rocca had her first main role in the controversial erotic thriller Viol@, and for her performance she was nominated to the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress. One year later, Rocca appeared in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley as Jude Law's lover, then she appeared in other international productions, including Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost, Mike Figgis' experimental Hotel and Tom Tykwer's Heaven. In 2003, Rocca had her main commercial success in Italy, with Alessandro D'Alatri's comedy Casomai, which also gave her a nomination for Best Actress at the Nastro d'Argento and David di Donatello Awards. In 2005, she played a blind lesbian in the Academy Award-nominated drama The Beast in the Heart, and for her performance, she was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. Since the mid-2000s, Rocca has mainly appeared on television. She is also active on stage.

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

Dec 25, 1999

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La primavera della mia vita

Feb 20, 2023

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Heaven

Feb 06, 2002

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Operation Valkyrie

Feb 24, 2004

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Five Moons Plaza

May 09, 2003

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L'amore è eterno finché dura

Feb 20, 2004

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Nirvana

Jan 24, 1997

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Viol@

Sep 11, 1998

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La cura del gorilla

Feb 02, 2006

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The Card Player

Jan 02, 2004

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Commediasexi

Dec 14, 2006

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Prima dammi un bacio

Nov 07, 2003

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Casomai

Apr 30, 2002

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Don't Tell

Mar 17, 2005

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Solomon

Dec 15, 1997

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Love Hurts

Oct 07, 2011

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Little Lady

Dec 07, 2012

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Voce del verbo amore

Apr 27, 2007

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D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers

Feb 06, 2005

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Hotel

Sep 12, 2001

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In principio erano le mutande

May 07, 1999

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A Fairy Tale Wedding

Apr 10, 2014

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Amiche davvero!!

Mar 19, 1998

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Gli anni spezzati

Jan 07, 2014

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Mary

Nov 18, 2005

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Mafalda of Savoy

Nov 28, 2006

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The Invader

Nov 23, 2011

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Resurrection

Dec 26, 2001

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Il terzo tempo

Nov 21, 2013

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Go Go Tales

May 23, 2007

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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno

Oct 28, 2013

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Love's Labour's Lost

Mar 31, 2000

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Abbraccialo per me

Apr 21, 2016

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A Woman

Sep 04, 2010

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Infinitesimal calculus

Jun 16, 2016

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L'amico di Wang

Jun 01, 1997

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Non si ruba a casa dei ladri

Nov 03, 2016

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Rosa and Cornelia

Aug 25, 2000

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L'amore rubato

Nov 29, 2016

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Hochzeit in Rom

Sep 27, 2017

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Mom or Dad?

Feb 14, 2017

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Palermo – Milan One Way

Feb 02, 1996

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Poliziotti

Feb 10, 1995

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I'm Back

Feb 01, 2018

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Do You See Me?

Nov 20, 2014

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Ombre

Nov 17, 1999

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Diary of a Rapist

Feb 23, 1995

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I virtuali

Oct 11, 1996

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Edda Ciano e il comunista

Mar 13, 2011

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Heartless

Mar 10, 1995

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Dietro la notte

Apr 28, 2021

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Jesus

Dec 05, 1999

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Inside/Out

Sep 07, 1997

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The Man Who Drew God

Mar 02, 2023

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Io sono un po' matto... e tu?

Oct 07, 2024

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The Candidate

Apr 11, 2007

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Giochi d'equilibrio

Jan 01, 1998

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Cops - Una banda di poliziotti

Dec 18, 2020

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Tutti pazzi per amore

Dec 07, 2008

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Other Times

Oct 13, 2013

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Dracula

May 29, 2002

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While I Was Away

Mar 28, 2019

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Adriano Olivetti

Oct 28, 2013

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Gli anni spezzati

Jan 07, 2013

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Italian Restaurant

Nov 06, 1994

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D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers

Feb 14, 2005

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Never for Love

Mar 27, 2012

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Night Voices

Sep 24, 1995